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Cool tech fund looks to India for sustainable solutions to beat the heat
JP Moscarella couldn’t have asked for a better way to make his investment case, unfortunately. A sweltering heat wave greeted the co-founder of …
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StratX nabs $1.2 million to tackle methane emissions from landfills
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Warren Equity Partners closes $2.8 billion fund to maintain and upgrade critical infrastructure
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BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners acquires community solar provider Summit Ridge Energy
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Total sells distributed solar portfolio amid renewables strategy shake up
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Green lenders are all dressed up and ready to roll
The deals pencil. The pipeline is vetted. The projects are shovel-ready. Community lenders and green banks that had been set to deploy $20 …
‘Green bank’ groups plot next moves as EPA attempts to terminate grants
It’s been a head-spinning week for awardees of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. The Environmental Protection Agency has escalated its attacks against nonprofit …
Water, long overlooked, is increasingly investable
For something that underpins virtually every aspect of our lives, water has for too long been “out of sight, out of mind” when …
How green banks are blending finance for community infrastructure and greenhouse gas reduction
In New Orleans, the city’s housing finance agency has become a “green bank” to underwrite community solar, water treatment projects, and resilience hubs. …
To be effective, climate solutions need a gender lens
ImpactAlpha, November 17 – That women are more adversely affected by climate change is well established (in impact and development circles at any …
Impact Voices
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Put concessional capital where the risk is: on the farm, not the solar panel
I have spent more than two decades financing renewable energy projects and providing blended finance to agri-SMEs in Africa. I have watched as …
More than a dozen climate and biodiversity collaboratives advance system-change in Latin America
Climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and financing gaps are deeply interconnected. No single organization, investor or source of capital can address them alone. …
Debt funds have more influence over gender inclusion than they think
Ask a debt fund manager about gender-lens investing in their portfolio, and you’ll likely hear the same refrain: “We care, but our hands …
The “too niche” myth holding back climate investing
Climate investing still carries an unfortunate label in many investment committees: niche. The term suggests concentration of risk, and it’s often used to …
Regenerative farmland aligning with Microsoft’s carbon negative goals
The “Resilient Capital Stacks” series has highlighted how local leaders blend public, private and philanthropic dollars to build climate infrastructure rooted in specific …
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